Circus Journal Vol 14

An independent journal on style, creativity and community
Volume 14 Autumn 2021
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Escape
The
Issue
Life as a refugee in Bristol
+ Yotam Ottolenghi
+ Paper art + Glebe House in Devon
+ Spotlight on Nailsworth
+ 25 awesome things to do
this autumn

Parkland
opening
Summer
2021
Hello
It can be a matter of life or death, or simply a
chance to start again. It’s seeing a brighter sky,
getting lost in music or retreating to silence.
The autumn issue is all about escape.
Two refugees who call Bristol home tell us
about their new lives in the city ( p 17), while
designer Diana Beltrán Herrera creates a
colourful world from paper ( p 25).
The Parkland Collection at Holburne Park offers a selection
of new build Georgian-style houses and apartments with
contemporary interiors.
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Set in over 6 acres of landscaped parkland with
country and waterside walks on your doorstep
Within walking distance to Bath City Centre
Ideal for working from home with provision
for ultrafast broadband connectivity
Easy commute to London by train from Bath Spa
Selection of properties available
for immediate occupation
To register your interest or arrange a viewing,
contact
01225 302 888
sales@holburnepark.co.uk
holburnepark.co.uk
The Marketing Pavilion, Holburne Park,
Warminster Road, Bath BA2 6SF
Chefs Yotam Ottolenghi and Noor Murad
go in search of unsung ingredients ( p 36), and
we travel the world via new cookbooks
with a global flavour ( p 44).
Take a tour around stunning Glebe House
in Devon ( p 50) or spend the day shopping
and brunching in Nailsworth ( p 58).
Peruse the best seasonal events across the
south-west ( p 65), then flip to the back for
something special from Somerset landscape
artist Frances Watts ( p 74).
Until next time, happy reading.
Emily Payne, editor
2 bedroom apartments from £580,000
3 bedroom houses from £680,000
4 bedroom houses from £1,050,000
5 bedroom villas from £1,700,000
Rosemary McAndrew
rmcandrew@savills.com
01225 302 888
* Price correct at time of going
to press. Images show Coates
exterior (L) and Finch show
house interior (R). Coates
houses from £1,050,000.
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Contents
Regulars
The Edit 9
Design, community and lifestyle
The Guide 65
Things to do in October and November
Artist collab 74
Landscape painter Frances Watts
People
Our city 17
Refugees on life in Bristol
My desk 25
Diana Beltrán Herrera’s paper art
Food
The List 35
Tasty morsels in the south-west
Chef talk 36
Yotam Ottolenghi and Noor Murad
Eat the world 44
Around the globe in six cookbooks
Places
Interiors 48
Locally made treasures for your home
Travel 50
A tour of Glebe House in Devon
Spotlight on... 58
Cute Cotswold enclave, Nailsworth
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Contributors
We asked the Circus team for their greatest
escapes at home or abroad
Sebastian Lander
Writer (p36)
My local woods /
The wilderness of Alaska
Priyanka Raval
Writer (p17)
Wild swimming in Dartmoor /
Rooftop yoga in India
Ianthe Butt
Writer (p25)
English sea dips /
Scuba diving in Indonesia
Naomi Wood
Photographer (p17)
Sea swimming in Dorset /
Walking in the Himalayas
Vishaka Robinson
Writer (p50)
Smallcombe Woods /
Ulusaba safari, South Africa
Velimir Ilic
Writer (p65)
Longleat Woods /
New York sights and sounds
Emily Payne
Editor
Sunset at my allotment /
Peace in Antarctica
Kate Monument
Creative director
Picnics at The Newt /
Skiing in the Rockies
Simon Tapscott
Publisher
Browne’s Folly, Bathford /
Akumal Bay, Mexico
Camilla Cary-Elwes
Sub editor
Walking in south Cornwall /
Riding in Andalusia
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The Edit
Updates on design, community + lifestyle
AUTUMN NOTES
The new season at Bath and
Bristol clothing store Maze
brings a fresh take on utility
– in rust, brick and navy.
Functionality is key, with
reversible coats and casual,
comfy dresses in chunky cord,
alpaca knitwear and heavy
denim. We love this 1970s New
York-insired Bellerose jacket –
perfect for crisp October and
November days.
mazeclothing.co.uk
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THE EDIT
Three books on... ESCAPE
When it arrives at its new home on York
Street in November, Topping & Company
Bath will be the biggest indie bookshop to
open in England in decades. Here, senior
bookseller Saskia Hayward recommends
three new books.
On Freedom
Maggie Nelson
Jonathan Cape, September 6
From the author of the
cult favourite memoir
The Argonauts comes a
thoughtful interrogation
of the concept of freedom
and how we practice it.
Broken into four themes – art,
sex, drugs and climate – Maggie
unpacks our cultural relationship
with the notion of being free.
STYLE
Turbo Island
Peddling a fine range in ‘nostalgic
bollocks’ and wordplay (including a
cheese/sports brand mashup print
featuring Filadelphia, Briebok and
Gorgongola)... is Bristol clothing brand,
Turbo Island. Pictured below: Narnia and
Sunny D tees, and canvas Turbo shopper.
turbo-island.co.uk
Beauty
SCENT
TWENTYSEVEN
What is your perfume
personality? Are you a traveller,
thinker, lover or dreamer? Hit
new Bath store TWENTYSEVEN
– a collaboration between
Apotheke perfume and Flowers
by Blomme – to find out.
apothekeperfume.com
ENVIRONMENT
RE.STORE
Refill, Rinse, Repeat.
That’s the mantra
at RE.STORE Bath,
where you can get
refills for bath, body,
kitchen and laundry
delivered to your door.
Here, the team behind
this brilliant company
share their top tips to
help people lower
their reliance on
single-use plastic.
1
The UK is among
the biggest users of
takeaway drink cups
and plastic cutlery in
Europe. Take your own!
2
Dark Neighbourhood
Vanessa Onwuemezi
Fitzcarraldo, October 6
In this series of short
stories, Vanessa takes
us on a journey across a
landscape at the edge of
time. Lyrical, poignant and
– at times – utterly surreal,
they’re stories of escape from
places, selfhood and the past.
The Rooftop
Fernanda Trías
Charco Press, October 12
“The world is this house.”
The Rooftop tells the
story of Clara, who seals
herself into her house
with her father and
daughter, terrified of what
lies beyond its walls. A brilliantly
claustrophobic novel about fear
and freedom, edges and escape.
toppingbooks.co.uk
HAIR
Candy
Stroud and Nailsworth salon,
Candy Hair, is our new jam. Says
boss Amy Webb: “We love to
push boundaries. It’s amazing
how much bright hair can really
boost your confidence.”
candyhairart.co.uk
NAILS
Ashe
Classy nail polish delivered to
your very door. Say hello to
the UK’s first luxury vegan nail
varnish subscription. We love
these perfect shades of dusky
blue and burnt orange.
ashelondon.com
Use your money
as a vote for good
green or local
businesses. Consider
swapping your utility
suppliers and switch to
a more ethical bank.
3
Turn off the tap while you
brush your teeth, shorten
your shower, save
rainwater for your plants
and only run the washing
machine and dishwasher
when they are full.
4
Switch to refills –
shampoo, washing-up
and laundry liquids do
not need to come in a
new plastic bottle
every time.
restorebath.com
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THE EDIT
WELLBEING
Julia Davey
Escape can be as simple as
lighting a candle or running
a bath. The folk at Bath
home and gift store Julia
Davey suggest three picks
for at-home escapism.
juliadavey.com
CULTURE
Bookhaus
This Bristol gem, at Wapping Wharf, is a birch plywood
heaven of contemporary books on art, culture and the
world we live in. There’s lots of upcoming events for the diary
too, including Alex Wheatle talking about his book,
Cane Warriors, on October 16.
bookhausbristol.com
COMMUNITY
Bath City Farm
When Bath photographer Simon Taylor won a Covid
recovery grant, he chose to support Bath City Farm. He
documented the comings and goings at the farm, which
holds events such as chicken cuddling for the over 60s.
Simon says: “The farm is a major asset to the community. I
took this shot at 7am, when the animals were stirring
and wanted their breakfast.”
simontaylorvisualartist.co.uk
Irusu Dusk
soy candle, £25
Blasta Henriet
eye pillow, £15
Holy Water Apothecary
Forest bath soak, £16
AN EMPORIUM OF TREASURES FOR YOUR HOME
FIND US ON 92 WALCOT STREET, BATH, BA1 5BG
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People
Who we’re talking about right now
The Great Wine Co.
The finest wines and spirits since 1983
HIP TO BE SQUARE
Carla Diogo is a pattern cutter,
designer and founder of Set Square
Patterns in St George, Bristol. “I’m a
believer in sharing skills, so as well
as my freelance work, I run sewing
and pattern-cutting workshops. It’s
rewarding to see people walk out of
my studio with something they have
made.” Along with digital patterns
and small-batch accessories (like
the book bag pictured) Carla is
working on a home essentials
sewing kit. Watch this space.
setsquarepatterns.com
The Great Wine Company, Wells Road, Bath, BA2 3AP
Shop – Open to public, Customer car parking
Visit – www.greatwine.co.uk
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Drawing on Style
MASTERS OF FASHION ILLUSTRATION
MID OCTOBER - MID NOVEMBER 2021
GRAY M.C.A BATH
5 MARGARET’S BUILDINGS, BATH BA1 2LP
ARTIST FILMS AND PODCASTS AVAILABLE NOW ON
DRAWINGONSTYLE.COM
Words Priyanka Raval
My city
Finding
sanctuary
Photography Naomi Wood
www.graymca.com
www.drawingonstyle.com
We meet two Bristol refugees to talk city life, language
barriers and the life-changing kindness of strangers
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Sireen Abdeen Hassan left war-torn
Sudan in 2013. She lives in Easton
with her husband and two sons.
Do I feel welcome in the city? Of
course – this is Bristol! If you ask
someone a question in the street,
they are gonna help you. When my
sons were young and I went out with them in
a buggy, old people used to come to me and
say, ‘Oh he’s so cute. What’s his name, how
old is he?’
Maybe it’s because Bristol has been
multicultural for a while now, people have
had time to discover all the cultures and
religions. You know, when I go to the doctor
or nurse, sometimes I feel they know more
about my religion and culture than I do!
But when I moved here eight years ago, it
was different. It was so difficult then, to be
honest. The temperature was the first thing I
remember, coming off the plane. Even though
it was July and the weather was nice, I came
from Sudan where it is 42˚C.
Sireen at her local park in Easton,
where she often meets up with
friends and their children
My husband brought me here, but he was
busy when I arrived. He was preparing for
exams that year, if I remember, and then he
joined the University of Bath. It was terrible
at that time. I couldn’t understand anything,
I couldn’t do anything and I felt alone.
Communication was so difficult. My English
was zero, minus zero. Even walking in the
street was different – I had no idea what a
‘zebra crossing’ was!
My life changed when I went to Bristol
Refugee Rights (BRR). I discovered myself,
I discovered the city, I learned English and
I made friends. When I got pregnant with
my eldest son, I was so scared about what
to do. A woman at BRR gave me photos
of Southmead Hospital and wrote down
everything for me: which department to go
to and what I needed to say to the doctors. I
learned to say, ‘I am in labour.’ When I went
to the hospital, everything was easy.
I have always lived in Easton. It’s a good
place to live when you arrive, because of the
diversity. We have this park and my boys’
school is just around the corner. I love it and I
don’t want to go elsewhere. I’ve made a lot of
friends in this park. Last week, we all met here,
we sat here and the kids played. And because
we are all women from different countries
and cultures, we bring lots of different food.
Usually I bring Sudanese sweets, which are
like baklava. My friend from Yemen made
something so lovely – I can’t remember what
it was called – it was like little red beans with
chillies. It was so spicy and delicious.
I have English friends as well. One girl – I
love to go to her house because she has very
interesting games like Sudoku and Scrabble!
And I love walking, especially by the river,
that’s how I discovered all these new places.
I like going to the parks, like Netham Park,
Eastville Park and St George Park. Now I
volunteer at BRR, and I’m studying for an
Early Years Practitioner qualification.”
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PEOPLE
Mohammed at his favourite place
in Bristol, Matina restaurant in
St Nicholas Market
PEOPLE
Mohammed ‘Abu Jassem’ Ali fled from
Mosul in 2017 when ISIS was taking
over Iraq. He now lives in Stoke Bishop.
My friends call me Abu Jassem
or Hamoudi. I have lived in Bristol
for four years. Sometimes I visit
other cities but I will always come
back to Bristol. I didn’t know anything about
the city before I came here, nothing. But now
it’s my home and I’m very happy here.
How did I build a community? You
know, when you first come to the UK, you
go to charities, you go to the city centre, you
see some people and they say, ‘Hey, where
are you from? Middle East? Me too! Where
from? Iraq? Kurdistan? Me too!’ – and you
get chatting like that. You find people who
come from the same country as you and you
make friends. You meet up and they bring
two friends, I bring two friends – and now
we have a big group. It’s like that.
The city centre is my favourite area in
Bristol. And Matina in St Nicholas Market
is the best place. My friends run this stall.
Almost every day I come here, I’m eating a
tasty lamb wrap, extra spicy. I’m sitting here,
chatting, drinking tea and having a cigarette.
I see my friends all the time. We go to
each other’s houses, play cards, cook at home.
Sometimes we go out to eat; on Stapleton
Road there are two or three very good
Kurdish restaurants. We eat Middle Eastern
food from back home, like lamb, rice, biryani,
kibbeh, dolma, tashreeb, kebab, falafel…
What else? The best time is summer; it’s
too cold in this country. In summer, we go
swimming in the sea and in the river. I go to
the Mosque in Easton during Ramadan.
I watch TikTok videos until 4am sometimes. I
like watching football, but I don’t like playing.
I support Real Madrid. I am very good at
billiards – we go to play on Park Street.
My favourite song is Rihanna, Shine Bright
Like a Diamond.
I have a good community in Bristol. Here,
you need people to survive. Life is hard. If
people don’t help you… you’ll die. When you
don’t have status, you can’t do anything: you
can’t work, you don’t have money, you don’t
have a bank card, you can’t rent a room, you
can’t leave the UK. It’s hard here, you know,
unless people help you, you can’t do much.
But what can I do? I have to stay alive.
Lots of people like me have a very hard life.
I have a friend who has a very small room
and he is sharing that room with two or three
people. Maybe if people didn’t help me, I’d
be sleeping in the street. If people don’t help
you, you can’t do anything.
But Bristol Hospitality Network helped
me, they made me feel welcome in the city.
They helped me with my case, they found
me people who hosted me in their spare
room. I started an English class, which is
funny because sometimes the teacher says
‘Mohammed’ and me and five people in the
class are called Mohammed so we all say yes
at the same time! So, I’m still staying alive.
And I’m happy.”
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PEOPLE
Chic co-working in the heart of the city.
The Clubhouse is a new concept for Bath offering
a members only, home-from-home community to
co-work, host meetings, events and relax with your
clients or team.
Designed by Caroline Brown, Creative Director
of Rengen. Rengen is Bath’s successful property
development and management business.
With varying membership options available, The
Clubhouse offers a unique experience, with a
synergetic blend of work meets play. Monthly
networking events, members only events and
workshops, helping their members grow their
businesses through the connections they make at
The Clubhouse.
of working from home but still needing to get out
and meet new people, build relationships, but are
not willing to rent a full time office space.
The Clubhouse provides the flexible solution
where the workspace is designed around social
interaction, collaboration, and relationship building.
The first two floors are the casual co-working
spaces while the sub-basement launching in phase
two will offer permanent desk options and private
meeting rooms.
The offering is unique as they also have
accommodation available above the members’
space, and in central Bath for visiting clients of
Clubhouse members.
This boutique space has high-end finishes, offering
a clever solution to the current working climate,
where the “traditional office” environment has
changed. People are now faced with the problem
Contact Laura Brewster at:
laurabrewster@rengenlettings.co.uk for more
information on how you can become a part of this
special place in the heart of Bath.
How you can help
Following the recent
crisis in Afghanistan,
many of us are looking
for the best way to help
refugees. Here are some
organisations to try.
Bath Welcomes
Refugees is calling for
non-perishable foods,
toiletries and cleaning
products. Drop off
is at Fox & Kit café,
Southdown Methodist
Church and Widcombe
Baptist Church.
@bathwelcomesrefugees
Room for Refugees
and Refugees at Home
work across the country
looking to find hosts
to offer a spare room
or property to help a
destitute refugee or
asylum-seeker family.
roomforrefugees.com
refugeesathome.org
Support Refugee
Women of Bristol by
volunteering, taking part
in a sponsored event
or donating money via
JustGiving.
refugeewomenofbristol.
org.uk
Bristol Hospitality
Network and Bristol
Refugee Rights are
looking for financial
contributions and
volunteers.
bhn.org.uk
bristolrefugeerights.org
Julian House works
across Bristol and
Bath, and is looking
for volunteers and
donations.
julianhouse.org.uk
Bristol and Bath have
both been named
‘Cities of Sanctuary’ for
refugees and migrants
to the south-west.
cityofsanctuary.org ×
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My desk
Paper
paradise
Exhibitions at RPS Gallery
IN PROGRESS
UNTIL 24 OCTOBER
In the studio with Colombian-born Bristol
designer Diana Beltrán Herrera, whose paper
sculptures capture a colourful world
Words
Photography
Ianthe Butt
Diana Beltrán Herrera
rps.org/InProgress
Pink Lady ® Food
Photographer of the Year
20 NOVEMBER TO 12 DECEMBER 2021
rps.org/Food
Free Admission
Thurs – Sun
10:00 – 17:00
RPS Gallery
337 Paintworks
Bristol
BS4 3AR
#PhotographyforEveryone
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Above: Diana at the
Bedminster studio where
she creates her striking
paper sculptures
Opposite: Tools of the
trade; Oriental pied hornbill;
Pear composition
Previous page: Peach
set design
Next page: Goldenback
woodpecker; Common tree
nymph and painted Jezebel
butterflies in progress;
Peonies; Lime set design
ropical fish dart between coral sprays,
an Oriental pied hornbill sneaks a berry
for breakfast, and a determined common
goldenback woodpecker hammers holes in a
tree. Despite appearances, this isn’t Bristol Zoo
at feeding time. A small Scandi-minimal studio
in Bedminster is the backdrop for this David
Attenborough-meets-Dalí scene. “I joke that
I am faking God’s job as I am remaking all his
creations,” says designer Diana Beltrán Herrera,
whose arresting 3D sculptures and collages, each
painstakingly crafted using hundreds of paper
pieces, are so realistic it’s easy to double take.
The Colombian-born designer, resident in
Bristol since undertaking a fine art MA at UWE
in 2013, has created work for glossy magazines
and book covers for HarperCollins, crafted
hundreds of bird sculptures – including a red
ibis mid-flight for a Marina Rinaldi showroom
– and amassed some 20,000 followers on
Instagram. The ocean critters spread across her
workbench will form a Little Mermaid-themed
collage for Disney, while a green ombré pear
– texture courtesy of sponge-applied acrylic –
and halved peach bring to life ingredients for a
cosmetic brand’s packaging.
Diana’s toolkit
Apple Mac I collate
moodboards and do digital
sketches using Adobe
Illustrator.
Silhouette Cameo I used to
hand-cut pieces individually,
but now I use this machine
to precision-cut digitallysketched
pieces.
HAY scissors For detail,
nothing beats these pointed
Danish-designed scissors.
Fine art papers Canson,
Fabriano Tiziano and
Daler-Rowney 165 gsm pastel
papers are great for layering
or absorbing colour.
Colour pigments I use
everything from Winsor &
Newton watercolours to
spray paints.
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Global inspiration
Tayrona National Park, Colombia
A seaside-meets-jungle haven on
the Atlantic coast, in the foothills
of the Sierra Nevada de Santa
Marta mountains.
Natural History Museum,
London The organised
inventory of nature under one
roof is amazing, especially the
hummingbird cases.
Helsinki, Finland Home to
exquisite industrial design.
I remember a local library with
Arne Jacobsen chairs and Alvar
Aalto lamps.
Ubud, Bali An artistic hub.
I’ve visited many talented fabric,
macramé and wood-carving
artisans here.
Ashton Court, Bristol I love
spotting deer, insects and
flowers in the open grasslands
and wooded areas.
Inclusive escapism
For Diana, inspiration is everywhere, from
the rainforest to her children’s toys, but
birds were her first subjects. “Growing up
in Colombia, my grandmother kept caged
birds. It was the norm, but as I grew older
and travelled I questioned that,” she says.
“My pieces were a way to express admiration
without hurting them,” she adds. Each animal,
fruit or flower offers inclusive escapism. Not
everyone has seen a racket-tailed drongo but
they can experience the idea of one through
Diana’s models, and relate to it. Aside from its
affordability, she chose paper as her medium
as it “is fragile and can collapse at any time,
and nature has that same fragility”.
After a craft-filled childhood in Bogotá,
learning everything from candlemaking to
tracing paper embossing from her maker
mother, Diana studied industrial design at
university, followed by the arrival of her first
son, and an art apprenticeship in Finland with
Hanni Bjartalid. There, she connected with
nature, and her journey towards her MA – and
paper sculpture – began.
The process
Diana is conscious that those who click on
her Instagram images might not appreciate
the process behind the undeniably striking
paper medium. “Rather than a paper artist,
I am a designer that specialises in working
with paper,” she says. Her almost scientific
approach begins with voraciously reading
books, scouring the internet and drawing on
first-hand experience. This research becomes
a digital sketch, sometimes accompanied
by a hand-drawn one, which in turn forms
a blueprint for the paper pieces. After being
precision-cut on hand-painted or coloured
fine art paper by a cutting machine (similar to
a printer, with a blade instead of ink)
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Shop in store or online
Commission and reworking service available
33 Park Street, Bristol, BS1 5NH
T: 0117 9090225
www.dianaporter.co.uk
they’re assembled by hand, starting with a
skeleton in paper and liquid silicone glue,
and built up from that. Manual cuts and
embossing tools are used to create edges and
sharper relief, all before photography and
image retouching.
Each piece is a labour of love. A peach takes
around three days to make. The 200-piece
butterflies – such as the Malay lacewing,
part of a series made for Singapore’s new
Children’s Museum, which has a dinky wire
proboscis and tissue paper abdomen – take
three-to-five days apiece. A 1,000-piece bird,
meanwhile, could be a three-week endeavour.
Aside from their stop-you-in-your-tracks
beauty, there’s a moving symmetry between
Diana’s process and rooted-in-nature subject
matter. “Fruit needs a multitude of conditions
to happen: the right season, ecosystem and
pollinator,” she says, something too often
forgotten when we absent-mindedly pick up
an apple in the supermarket. “I think of that
as I create, and remembering that has made
me stop taking nature for granted,” she adds,
a sentiment which will no doubt resonate
with many – now more than ever. ×
@dianabeltranherrera
Above: Cattle egret;
Fish scene
Diana’s sculptures will be on
display at the new Singapore
Children’s Museum in spring
2022. Learn more about
designing with paper on
her Domestika course at
domestika.org
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Food
Eat it, cook it, love it
SWEET DREAMS
The Happy Donut Bakery
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BARE
ESSENTIALS
This November, Yotam Ottolenghi
and Noor Murad join Topping &
Company Bath to introduce their
new book, Shelf Love. We meet them
to talk cupboard-raiding, mung beans
and comfort-zone cooking
Words Sebastian Lander
Photography Elena Heatherwick
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Yotam Ottolenghi
and Noor Murad’s
new book Shelf Love
celebrates unsung,
everyday ingredients
uring the dark days of the pandemic, with supermarket
shelves stripped and flour like gold dust, chef Noor
Murad found neglected packets of mung beans at a
north London shop. “Do people not know what to do
with a mung bean?” she wondered. Many of us have
lonely legumes like these languishing at the back of
our cupboards, along with polenta, random spices
and that ageing tin of cannellini beans. But according
to Noor and her well-known colleague – master of
flavour, restaurateur and Guardian food writer, Yotam
Ottolenghi – it’s time for these ingredients to step out
of the shadows for some high-kicking, centre-stage
kitchen fun.
Shelf Love is a collection of recipes cooked up by the
team at the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen in London (also
known as OTK). Although the kitchen has been around
for years, the book is the first under its name. “It’s
about humble ingredients and really nifty, interesting,
creative ways to make them sing,” says Yotam. Think
spiced, mashed aubergine with frozen peas. Tabbouleh
fritters with quick chilli sauce. Butternut squash with
orange oil and burnt honey. And mung beans? They
have emerged, like a foodie phoenix rising from the
Test Kitchen’s flames, as a curry-flavoured stew with
tamarind and turmeric oil.
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Tangy, salty and crispy:
sesame-crusted feta, as
featured in Shelf Love,
is perfect for a rich and
satisfying brunch
The book riffs off a time when people were
cooking at home a lot more, and certain foods
were not as forthcoming. It is infused with a
make-do-and-blend, stripped-down essence
– but with the heady, international flavour
Ottolenghi dishes are known for. “Although
it came out of lockdown, it’s really not about
lockdown,” explains Yotam. “We tried to
work with what we had and that means what
we had on the shelf, or in the fridge, or in the
pantry, or in the veg box. So it’s whatever it
is that you’ve got in the kitchen when you go
to rummage around and find ingredients
and inspiration.”
Noor reflects: “One thing that kept
us together [during the first lockdown]
was cooking and food and our recipes.”
The OTK is a place of experimentation, a
testing ground, a “geeky” realm. Shelf Love
is an invitation into that world. The authors
want readers to turn their cookbook into
a handbook, to make their own swaps and
substitutions, depending on what ingredients
they have. “The book is made like a
notebook,” Noor says. “It’s very flexible, with
loads of room to make notes. Stain the pages
and make marks on it. Make it your own.”
While the recipes cater to a desire for
food that is what Yotam calls “familiar, quite
humble”, people are still looking for
RECIPE
Sesame-crusted
feta with black
lime honey syrup
Serves 8
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Chilling time: 30 minutes to
overnight
Ingredients
• 2 blocks of Greek feta
(360g), each cut into 4
triangles (8 triangles in total)
• 35g rice flour (or plain
flour if gluten-free flour
not needed)
• 1 large egg, well beaten
• 100g mixed black and
white sesame seeds, lightly
toasted
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• ½ tbsp picked lemon thyme
leaves, or regular thyme
leaves
For the syrup
• 120g runny honey
• 1 tsp ground black lime
• 3 lemons: 1 juiced to
get 1 tbsp and the other
2 left whole
Method
1. Line a shallow baking dish
(or baking tray with a slight lip),
about 30cm x 20cm in size,
with baking parchment.
2. Pat dry the feta pieces,
then dip each piece in the
flour, gently shaking off the
excess. Coat in the egg,
followed by the sesame seeds,
making sure the feta pieces are
completely coated. Transfer
each piece to your prepared
dish and refrigerate for at
least 30 minutes, or longer
if time allows.
3. Preheat the oven to 220°C
fan. Drizzle the coated feta
pieces with the oil and bake
from cold, for 18 minutes, very
gently flipping the pieces over
halfway, or until golden and
warmed through.
4. While the feta is baking, put
the honey and black lime into a
small saucepan on a mediumhigh
heat. Once it starts to
bubble, turn the heat to medium
and cook, stirring occasionally,
until it turns a deep amber
caramel, about 6–7 minutes.
Take off the heat and stir in the
lemon juice. Set aside to cool
for 5 minutes.
5. Use a small, sharp knife to
peel and segment the remaining
two lemons. Stir the segments
into the cooled honey mixture.
6. When ready, pour the lemon
syrup directly over the feta in
the baking dish, sprinkle with
the thyme and serve at once,
straight from the dish.
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Ottolenghi Test Kitchen:
Shelf Love by Noor Murad
and Yotam Ottolenghi
(Ebury Press, £25).
Yotam and Noor join
Toppings & Company at
Bath Forum on November 9.
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his trademark wow factor, where there’s “a little bit of
revelation happening”. It could be an ingredient they
haven’t had before, a combination, or a way of cooking
or serving. But, ultimately, Shelf Love is about what
Yotam calls “comfort-zone cooking”. He doesn’t want
us to put ourselves under pressure in the kitchen.
The book’s strong Middle Eastern influence is down
to Noor’s Bahraini upbringing. It’s a place where Persian,
Indian and Middle Eastern flavours are fused. “The
recipes are accessible,” says Noor, “but they still have
this little thing where we teach you something, whether
it’s those Middle Eastern techniques or new flavours.”
Plus, the OTK is made up of a diverse group of people
from all over the world. “It just means there’s more to
work with and more to borrow from,” says Yotam.
“For years I’ve been advocating for people to
go to their Middle Eastern grocer and find ground
cardamoms or za’atar or orange blossom syrup or
whatever, just to experience those ingredients for the
first time – and I still stand behind it,” says Yotam. But
the pandemic, the chef says, has shown us that we can
be creative with what we have. “In a way, you can have
almost as much fun playing around with what you have
in your cupboards, and I think that will be a realisation
people will keep with them.”
However life changes in the months to come, perhaps
a bit of Shelf Love is the salve we need. Just don’t forget
to throw in the mung beans. ×
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Thali
Maunika Gowardhan
Out October 28
Hot, sour, spicy, crispy,
tangy and sweet: these
are the flavour bombs
you’ll find in each
and every Indian thali
(which translates to
large plate or platter).
Mumbai-born chef Maunika
Gowardhan delights with dishes
like tadka dal (garlic and cumin dal
with tomato, chilli and coriander)
and khubani ka meetha (stewed
apricots with almonds, pistachios
and saffron).
hardiegrant.com
The Latin American
Cookbook
Virgilio Martínez
Out November 3
Chilean sandwich
cookies, fermented
corn juice and plenty of
tasty empanadas, tacos
and tamales. Peruvian
chef Virgilio Martínez
takes readers on a journey in
cuisine across a whole continent,
from Mexico’s tropical coasts to
the icy islands at the foot of South
America. Spanning 22 countries,
the book features 600 locally
distinctive recipes.
phaidon.com
Dulse seaweed with
capelin roe dip from
Slippurinn: Recipes
and Stories from
Iceland
EAT THE
WORLD
Travel the globe without leaving
your kitchen with our round-up of
the best new cookery books
Words: Emily Payne. Photo: Karl Petersson
Under Coconut Skies:
Feasts & Stories from
the Philippines
Yasmin Newman
Out now
From Filipino-Australian
food and travel writer
and photographer
Yasmin Newman comes
a selection of traditional dishes,
and vegetarian and modern
twists on the classics. From fried
chicken with banana to golden
turmeric and cassia bark rice, and
irresistible candied kalamansi cake.
smithstreetbooks.com
Bar 44 Tapas y Copas:
This is our Spain
Owen and Tom Morgan
Out October 18
Brothers Owen and
Tom Morgan founded
the first Bar 44
restaurant in 2002, and
now have top-notch
Spanish restaurants in
Bristol and across Wales. Inside
their new cookbook, you’ll find
recipes for dishes like chorizo in
cider, beetroot gazpacho, dates
in bacon, strawberry and cava
sorbet, and pear and olive oil cake.
serenbooks.com
Slippurinn: Recipes
and Stories from
Iceland
Gísli Matt
Out October 14
With 85 recipes –
including seaweed
tart with beach herbs
and seaweed custard,
smoked cod stew with
raw swede, and cocktails made
with sugar kelp, dandelion and
Arctic thyme – Slippurinn tells the
story of the incredible restaurant
of the same name, and its rising
star, chef Gísli Matt.
phaidon.com
Amber & Rye: A Baltic
Food Journey
Zuza Zak
Out now
A vivid exploration
of Lithuania, Estonia
and Latvia through
recipes, travel stories
and poetry. We’re
here for the poppy
seed pastries, pumpkin buns,
rye bread and chocolate mousse.
Plus, check out fermented treats
such as beetroot elixir, red
cabbage and plum butter.
murdochbooks.co.uk
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The textile industry “has a lot to
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Campbell, Bath founders of this
collection of table linen, cushions
and rugs. For them, ethics come
first. The duo work with artisans
in India, using organic materials.
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We love this terracotta plate
by Essex-based ceramicist
Lydia Hardwick. Her stunning
work, which features abstract
patterns in beautifully colliding
colourscapes, is available now
at Caro Somerset.
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Joyful Jesmonite lampshades
with solid eco credentials. Each
architecturally inspired piece
is created sustainably. Got a
specific colour palette in mind?
The team is always open
to collaboration.
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“I like creating objects that
are perfectly imperfect,” says
Bath ceramic artist Kim Filteau.
For each item sold, £1 goes to
Bluebell Care, a charity that helps
women during pregnancy and
after birth in the south-west.
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From her studio on the coast
of south-west Wales, Laura
McMahon makes candles, wax
melts and aroma mists to bring
the spirit of each season into
your home. Workshops in Bristol
are in the pipeline, too.
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“It’s not what you know about art
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Vishaka Robinson
A SLICE
OF DEVON
The Copper Beech room,
featuring wallpaper by
Honor Addington. Opposite
page: Glebe House and its
views across east Devon
Ten minutes from the coast, uninterrupted views,
heavenly food and impeccably decorated rooms...
We take a look inside beautiful Devon guesthouse
and restaurant, Glebe House
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The first thing you notice about
Glebe House is the interiors, which
are unabashedly playful and joyous.”
Main image: The sitting
room is hung with a tiger
throw from Slowdown
Studio. Above right:
The bathroom features
Ottoline wallpaper and
an upcycled vanity unit
with curtain skirt by
Rhubarb Upholstery
erched on a hilltop in an achingly pretty slice
of east Devon, Glebe House has a long history
of offering solace within its stone walls. It was
originally built as a vicarage, had a stint as a
hippie commune and was most recently, for not far off
two decades, a homely B&B. It reopened in the spring of
this year after a breakneck speed six-month revamp by
its new owners, who have reimagined the Georgian-era
home with stylish flourish and a focus on food.
The new proprietors, Olive and Hugo Guest,
decamped from their two-bed flat in Brixton, London,
in 2020 with their baby son Rufus, after deciding to
take on Glebe House, Hugo’s family home. “His parents
were thinking of selling up,” explains Olive, “and it felt
like a now or never moment. We’d been spending so
much time in Devon, Hugo during his chef training
and me on maternity leave, so we had both fallen even
more in love with it.”
And who can blame them. Just ten minutes from
the coast, with uninterrupted views over Coly Valley,
this is a magical part of the country. The couple came
to the project fresh from careers in London. Hugo had
transitioned from city life three years prior, retraining
as a chef and notching up stints at The Marksman and
Robin Gill’s Sorella, and Olive had been juggling her job
at an advertising agency with her passion for painting.
But it was their memories of long, idyllic summers
spent at Italian agroturismos which were front and
centre of their minds when they took over the reins.
Places such as Agriturismo Venturo near Barga in
Tuscany, where Olive remembers, “The food was out
of this world. Hugo learnt to make salumi, the owners
are true masters of their craft, and the setting is
completely beautiful.”
They wanted to create a place that paid homage to
that Italian sensibility but with a local, west country
flavour. With 15 acres of grounds to play around with
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there was ample opportunity to turn that vision
into a reality. The couple have already added a
kitchen garden and polytunnel. “We harvested
reams of tomatoes, courgettes, herbs, salads,
dahlias and tulips this year,” rattles off Olive,
who has plans for even more produce next
year. “We’re really only just getting started.”
There’s also a bakery and a herd of British Lop
pigs that roam the attached woodland. Hugo
has a particular interest in butchery, so these
are his domain and the breakfast bacon is
already legendary.
The first thing you notice about Glebe House
though is the interiors, which are unabashedly
playful and joyous. Working hand-in-hand
with her old school pal, London-based interior
designer Alexandra Childs, Olive has gone to
town filling the house with character, pattern and
a gallery’s worth of original art – more than 50
pieces in all – a good few of which are her own.
“I had these memories of my grandmother’s
house, which was very reminiscent of
Charleston Farmhouse in Sussex, with lots
of painted furniture and oils on the walls,”
explains Olive, who first and foremost wanted
the space to feel cosy and welcoming.
Olive’s Glebe House must-dos
Take a dip
The Beer to Branscombe
walk is stunning and takes
you by Hooken Beach, a
lovely, very secluded beach
just off the cliff walk. You
can finish up with a drink
at The Fountain Head pub.
Work off lunch
You’ll find a walk book
chocka with nearby routes
[the illustrated maps are
drawn by Olive’s mother],
in each bedroom. The
five-mile jaunt to Blackbury
Camp hillfort takes you
through ancient woodlands
which are full of bluebells
in the spring – it’s
absolutely magical first
thing in the morning.
Eat al fresco
We love having picnics
up at Ox Hill, which has
incredible countryside
views all the way to the
sea. If you’re staying with
us, just give us a few days’
notice and we’ll knock
you up a simple picnic of
charcuterie, a seasonal
sandwich with homemade
bread, a selection of pickles
from the larder and pudding.
It all goes into a backpack,
which comes with a blanket
and all the kit for a fancy
countryside lunch.
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Ox heart pastrami with
kraut and beer mustard,
and cured and marinated
sardines; Lomo wrapped
around a candied walnut
with fresh thyme and a
bacon fat potato with
smoked eel tartare
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Cue vibrant wallpapers from Ottoline de Vries and
local illustrator Honor Addington (who bases her work
on Devonshire hedgerows); painted Cambridge House
lampshades, antique furniture (“lots of it was scoured
from eBay and Facebook Marketplace”) and classic
William Morris prints to chime in with the verdant
garden outside.
The restaurant is very much the hub and spreads
organically around the house. Meals can be eaten in
the dining room, vine-covered garden room, kitchen
(around a farm table) or in ‘Pooh corner’, a snug table
for eight beside the stairs.
Guests and visitors can choose from grand fourcourse
dinners, comforting one-dish suppers and
languorous family-style Sunday lunches. All meals
are assembled from local producers, including Beer
Fisheries, Natural Branscombe and Trill Farm, and
served with vegetables from Glebe’s own kitchen
garden and in-house charcuterie.
If you’re staying you’ll get a generous breakfast.
Think hefty bowls of seasonal fruits alongside Hugo’s
homemade yoghurt (which he makes weekly with the
exceptionally creamy milk of local herds), pastries
straight from the oven, and simple plates of eggs and
that bacon.
Even though they have just opened, Hugo and Olive
are thinking two steps ahead. A bijou one-bed guest
cabin is in the works in the garden, and the couple
are eyeing up the barns for conversion. There are
plans to add more events, with a focus on cookery and
experiences. So book now (and for next year and the
year after), because this place will only get better. ×
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Emily Payne
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Becca and Chris Williamson opened
their flagship Nailsworth shop in 2016
and have been supplying A-grade
homeware and accessories ever since
(launching a Bristol branch, pictured
left, in August 2020). Enter the
diminutive store and be greeted by the
alpine scent of Skandinavisk candles
and dazzled by beautiful things you
didn’t even know you needed – see
squishy laptop bags by Baggu and
ripple glassware by Ferm Living. Becca
says: “Nailsworth is not your runof-the-mill
Cotswold town – it has a
quirky community with a real drive
to build and support independent
businesses. Our customers love the
mix of more modern products we
stock so we have become a destination
for something a little different.”
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Spotlight on
Nailsworth
Stroud’s cute and creative
Cotswold cousin has an
excellent line in smart shops
and tasty food – and its sense
of community is palpable
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DAY
TRIPPING?
Nailsworth is surrounded
by gorgeous greenery.
Head to Thistledown
Farm Café for clay-ovencooked
food in a dreamy
setting, or take a picnic
up to Coaley Peak.
Domestic Science
Days Mill, 3 Old Market
Self-proclaimed magpie Libs Lewis owns
this Aladdin’s cave of a shop, which you’ll
struggle to leave empty-handed. Domestic
Science (also found in Tetbury and Stowon-the-Wold)
is a den of rainbow-coloured
candles, Danish homeware, American Vintage
clothing, and satisfying little blasts from the
past. Think ceramic gluggle jugs, Marseille
soaps and retro matchsticks, all displayed on
retro shelving and workbenches. Says Libs:
“Customers often remark that they’ve spotted
something they haven’t seen since they were a
child, or that their grandmother used to own
one. Nostalgia evokes happiness.”
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The Canteen
Days Mill, 3 Old Market
“I don’t do boring,” says Caroline Saturley,
owner of The Canteen. Take a seat in its
enchanting higgledy-piggledy garden with
foliage-clad timber booths, garlic-strewn ladders
and Morrocan-style lanterns, and that much
is clear. Inside, the specials board bulges with
tempting vegan and GF-friendly brunches, and
the counter is laden with sweet delights (big
shout to the Biscoff cheesecake). Caroline
credits brilliant local suppliers for the café’s
ten-plus-year reign of success, and there’s a
free-spirited buzz about the place. See you at
the Greek mezze night? It’s the first Friday of
every month, with live music from lively fivepiece
band, Cellar Door.
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PLACES
London Symphony
Orchestra
Thu 7 Oct
Bath Forum
Rival Consoles
Fri 8 Oct
Arnolfini
SOLD OUT
Brìghde Chaimbeul
& Aidan O’Rourke
Sun 10 Oct
Bristol Folk House
Sebastian Plano
Mon 11 Oct
Bristol Beacon Foyer
Iglooghost
Tue 12 Oct
Strange Brew
Erland Cooper
Tue 12 Oct
St George’s Bristol
Soccer96
Thu 14 Oct
Loco Klub
Grandbrothers
Fri 15 Oct
Bristol Beacon Foyer
The Courettes
Sat 16 Oct
Crofters Rights
The Howl
and the Hum
Sun 17 Oct
Exchange
Nuala Honan
Thu 21 Oct
Bristol Beacon Foyer
The Allergies
Fri 22 Oct
Fiddlers
Real Lies
Fri 22 Oct
The Jam Jar
Scott Matthews
Sat 23 Oct
St Stephen’s Church
Kitty Macfarlane
Mon 25 Oct
Redgrave Theatre
LYR
Tue 26 Oct
The Louisiana
Courtney Marie
Andrews
Wed 27 Oct
St George’s Bristol
Carroll Thompson
Sun 31 Oct
Fiddlers
An Evening with
Matthew Halsall
Tue 2 Nov
Trinity Centre
Nihiloxica
Wed 10 Nov
Strange Brew
Ashley Henry
Thu 11 Nov
Bristol Beacon Foyer
Billy Bragg
Fri 12 Nov
O2 Academy
Mark Lockheart’s
‘Dreamers’ Quartet
Sat 13 Nov
Bristol Beacon Foyer
Ichiko Aoba
Mon 15 Nov
Strange Brew
Ishmael Ensemble
Tue 16 Nov
Thekla
Yo La Tengo
Tue 16 Nov
Komedia, Bath
WorldService
Project + Roller Trio
Wed 17 Nov
The Jam Jar
Leifur James
Thu 18 Nov
Arnolfini
Sóley
Fri 19 Nov
Bristol Beacon Foyer
Penelope Isles
Wed 24 Nov
Exchange
Full listings and tickets at bristolbeacon.org
Junglist Atelier
Market Street
A verdant slice of the Amazon slapbang
in deepest Gloucestershire.
You can almost feel the chlorophyll
waft over you when you walk in.
“We have stocked well over 100
plant varieties this year alone,” says
Rebecca Savage, who runs the shop
with Gail Berrisford-Ilieve. “We sell
many types of aroids; so big leafy
plants such as Monstera deliciosa,
lots of fern (we are obsessed), sunworshipping
succulents and cacti,
and even carnivorous plants during
the warmer months,” she says. “As
soon as you add a plant or two to
your home, you realise how much
energy and life they bring. Watching
them grow and caring for them
is great for physical and mental
health.” Junglist has a second plant
shop in Cheltenham and offers a
design service and a programme of
planty workshops and talks.
junglistatelier.co.uk
Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
17 Fountain Street
Charming and unpretentious;
this is the kind of bookshop every
community needs. As well as
shelves bursting with the latest
page-turners, you’ll find maps,
greetings cards and a fabulous kids’
selection. “I like to think that our
shop is professional and interesting,
and that people feel well-lookedafter
when they come here,” says
owner Hereward Corbett. “We
have two shops, one in Tetbury and
one in Nailsworth. In both towns
our customers are overwhelmingly
local, and we like the relationships
that brings. We share our lives with
them and vice versa.” The bookshop
raises money for books for schools
and donates to the local women’s
refuge centre and food bank. Plus,
it works with Stroud’s brilliant Bike
Drop, a carbon-zero delivery service
for the local area.
yellowlightedbookshop.co.uk
Pulp
George Street and
Market Street
Stationery lovers
assemble! If the
thought of unleashing a
fluorescent yellow Lamy
fountain pen onto a
Leuchtturm1917 notebook
ticks your boxes, you need
Pulp in your life. Manager
Charlotte Miles took over
three years ago and gave
the place an injection of
serious kawaī (see cute
MT tape and pterodactyl
erasers). “People say
things are all online now,
but I sell so many diaries.
Stationary is taking over,”
she says. Charlotte opened
her second Pulp shop
specialising in art supplies
on Market Street, earlier
this year. “I want everyone
to feel welcome, from fully
fledged artists to people
who’ve never picked up a
pencil. It’s for everyone,”
she says. Shop whippet,
Frida, agrees. ×
pulpstationery.co.uk
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ART
The RWA Collection
– Our Heritage, Our Future
Victoria Methodist Church, Bristol
October 9 – November 27
Its galleries may be closed
temporarily for the Light and
Inspiration Project, but the
exhibitions continue as the
RWA displays works from
its permanent collection by
artists including Vivienne
Baker. Free, but ticketed.
rwa.org.uk

Promoted events
Promoted events
GUIDE
Potters
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EXHIBITION
Les Petit et Les
Collaborateurs Potters 25
Potter Cooperative Shop, Bristol
Until November 10
Potters is an institution for
contemporary ceramics in
the south-west. Manager,
glassmaker Catriona
MacKenzie, and the 24
current members invite you
to celebrate 25 years with
a window exhibition and
plenty more pottery to
explore inside the shop.
pottersbristol.com
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COMEDY
The Electric Comedy Club:
Jake Lambert
Komedia, Bath
October 25
Hosted by comic Morgan
Rees and featuring rising
stars of stand-up, including
the brilliant Jake Lambert,
The Electric Comedy Club
is Komedia’s new monthly
showcase of the UK’s finest
up-and-coming comedy
talent. The last Monday
of every month.
komedia.co.uk
FOOD + DRINK
Bosco Pizzeria
Milsom Place, Bath
Ongoing
Now open at Milsom Place,
Bosco is a modern pizzeria
perfect for casual dining.The
cooking is seasonal, with weekly
imports from Italian markets.
Inside, there’s a classic pizzeria
vibe, drawing on influences from
New York to Naples.
milsomplace.co.uk
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COMMUNITY
Mid-Week Wake-Up
The Clubhouse, Bath
October 13
Boutique co-workspace The
Clubhouse will be hosting its
first networking event for both
members and non-members.
Listen to speakers from Bath
charity Ubiety discussing their
brand, how it came into being
and the importance of local
business collaboration.
@rengenclubhouse
Jake Lambert
at Komedia
MUSIC
Bath Carnival Takeover:
Episode 1
Komedia, Bath
November 6
Bath Carnival kicks off its series
of fundraising events with
seven-piece hip-hop and neosoul
collective, Mellowmatic.
Embark on a raucous musical
journey through the boombap
1990s into the present
day. Supporting DJs will spin
a mix of tropical disco, funk,
Afrobeat and hip-hop beats.
komediabath.ticketsolve.com
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EXHIBITION
Bath Decorative
Antiques Fair
The Pavilion, Bath
October 21-24
Celebrating a return to the
Pavilion for autumn 2021.
Head here for decorative
antiques, mid-century design,
architectural salvage, glass,
pottery, textiles, home
furnishings and a wide range
of art. You’ll find complimentary
tickets on the website.
bathdecorativeantiquesfair.co.uk
Bath Decorative Antiques Fair
Photography: Emily Dennison, Kenzi Photography
FOOD + DRINK
Bath Aqua Glass studio café
Walcot Street, Bath
Opens October 30
There’s a new café at Bath
Aqua Glass studio, where you
can watch the glassblowers
at work while enjoying a
coffee and cake, or a glass
of wine from a range of local
suppliers. Warmed by the
heat of the furnaces, it will be
one of the cosiest places in
Bath to catch up with friends
and family this autumn.
bathaquaglass.com
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SHOPPING
Chapter 22 Roots
& Records
Broad Street, Bath
Ongoing
This new record and plant
shop-come-café has music
at its core. So drop by, grab
some vinyl, take a perch at
one of the listening booths
and lose yourself for a while.
Plus, the plants aren’t just
for show – you can take one
home with you, too.
chapter22rootsandrecords.com
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ART
Spin: The Art of Music
Gallery at the Station, Frome
Until October 30
After the success of their
first two exhibitions, We
Feed the World and Simply
Still, this new Frome gallery
delivers an awesomesounding
show celebrating
music and the love of it, from
cassettes to clubbing, and
gig posters to politics.
@galleryatthestation
Pixie App
Matthew Halsall at
Trinity Centre
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MUSIC
An Evening with
Matthew Halsall
Trinity Centre, Bristol
November 2
Trumpeter Matthew Halsall
has a rich sound that draws on
the heritage of British jazz, the
spiritual jazz of Alice Coltrane
and Pharoah Sanders, as well
as world music and electronica
influences. He performs music
from his latest album, the
excellent Salute to the Sun.
bristolbeacon.org
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COMMUNITY
Pixie App launch
Framework Coworking, Bristol
October 14
Following its success in Bath,
Pixie App is coming to Bristol.
The app unites indie retailers
and customers, encourages
a circular economy and gets
people back to the high
street. Come meet the team,
grab a drink and find out
who is already signed up.
pixieapp.co
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FOOD + DRINK
Apple Day
The Newt in Somerset
October 23 + 24
A weekend celebration of all
things apple – from games
to displays, cyder tastings
and orchard tractor rides.
There will be live music, DJs,
apple-themed menus and
hog roasts. And bring your
own apples to juice on a
traditional hand cyder press!
thenewtinsomerset.com
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Wuthering Heights at Bristol Old Vic
THEATRE
Wuthering Heights
Bristol Old Vic
October 9 – November 6
Directed by Emma Rice and
performed by her Bristol
theatre company, Wise
Children. This contemporary
take on Emily Brontë’s
masterpiece promises love,
tragedy and revenge on
the Yorkshire Moors, and
combines music and dance
to emotive effect.
bristololdvic.org.uk
Nursery | Prep | Senior | Sixth Form
To arrange an individual tour, visit www.stonarschool.com
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ART
The Big Draw Festival
Across the UK
October 1-31
A worldwide celebration
of drawing, promoting
drawing as a tool for learning,
expression and invention.
This year’s festival theme is
‘Make the Change’, focusing
on taking action, exploring
and reconnecting with people.
Search online for events
and activities in your area.
thebigdraw.org
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SHOPPING
The Giant Shepton
Flea Market
Royal Bath & West Showground,
Shepton Mallet
October 17
With hundreds of traders
selling all manner of vintage
gems – mid-century furniture,
art, decorative items, garden
statuary and more besides
– a good mooch around the
sprawling Shepton Flea always
turns up a bargain or two.
sheptonflea.com
Living Spit’s Frankenstein: The
Musical at Tobacco Factory
Theatres
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MUSIC
Alex Rex
The Sub Rooms, Stroud
October 29
Singing drummer Alex Neilson
– from psych-folk outfit
Trembling Bells – has played
with a range of musicians,
from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy to
Shirley Collins. As Alex Rex,
his fourth album, Paradise,
features songs of love, loss
and loathing that “make the
detestable whistleable”.
thesubrooms.co.uk
COMEDY
Living Spit’s Frankenstein:
The Musical
Tobacco Factory Theatres
November 2-13
South-west comedy duo,
Living Spit, deliver their
own unique version of Mary
Shelley’s gruesome gothic
horror, Frankenstein. ​With
grotesque gags, diabolical
dance-moves, puppets and
plenty of original music, this
show will leave you in stitches.
tobaccofactorytheatres.com
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DANCE
Matthew Bourne’s
The Midnight Bell
Theatre Royal, Bath
November 23-27
World premiere from ace
choreographer Matthew
Bourne and his New
Adventures dancers, exploring
the underbelly of 1930s
London. Inspired by the novels
of Patrick Hamilton and set
in the capital’s pubs, these
“intoxicated tales from darkest
Soho” are unmissable.
theatreroyal.org.uk
Libby Dillon at Berdoulat
The Curzon
Cinema & Arts, Clevedon
STEEPED IN HERITAGE
IMMERSED IN CULTURE
LIVING IN THE NOW
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WORKSHOP
Mini Masterclass in Oil Paint
Berdoulat, Bath
November 9
Led by professional painter
Libby Dillon, this class looks
at patterns in nature, how to
layer imagery and have fun
with a limited palette of colour.
Materials are provided but
do bring photos or images of
natural forms. An apron or old
shirt is essential, too.
berdoulat.co.uk
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FILMS - BAR - COMEDY
@curzonclevedon
www.curzon.org.uk
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ART
Peggy Ahwesh: Vision
Machines
Spike Island
Until January 16
The first UK survey exhibition
by American artist Peggy
Ahwesh, exploring the
relationship between the body
and the technologised image.
Featuring video installations
and films made between 1993
and 2021, it’s a fascinating
look at issues such as gender,
climate change and war.
spikeisland.org.uk
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FAMILY
Myths and Monsters
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
November 27 – February 27
Diving into literature, art and
myth, this family-friendly show
of “fun, frights, frolics and
stories”, features work
by popular children’s illustrators
Axel Scheffler (The Gruffalo),
Michael Foreman (The Selfish
Giant), Cressida Cowell (How to
Train Your Dragon) and mixedmedia
artist Victoria Topping.
victoriagal.org.uk
Peggy Ahwesh at Spike Island
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Stephen Gill at Arnolfini
Coming up for air:
Stephen gill
- a retrospective
16 NARROW QUAY, BRISTOL BS1 4QA
arnolfini.org.uk @ArnolfiniArts
From Talking to Ants 2009 -2013 © Stephen Gill. Image courtesy Stephen Gill.
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WELLBEING
Swim & Eat
Bristol Lido
Ongoing
The Lido’s popular Swim & Eat
package continues through
the cooler months. Make the
most of the pool and spa
facilities – including outdoor
hot tub, sauna and steam
room – before tucking into a
tasty Spanish/Mediterraneanstyle
à la carte lunch at the
poolside restaurant.
lidobristol.com
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MUSIC
Laetitia Sadier
Moles, Bath
November 1
The former Stereolab chanteuse
returns and hits the road with
her Source Ensemble. Fans
will be treated to the usual
beguiling blend of influences
– French pop, krautrock, easy
listening and 1960s film scores
– with Laetitia’s soothing and
hypnotic voice masterfully
holding everything together.
moles.co.uk
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Coming Up For Air: Stephen
Gill – A Retrospective
Arnolfini, Bristol
October 16 – January 16
The Bristol-born photographer
celebrates over 30 years
of work. Traversing urban
and rural environments, this
“dazzling visual poet” captures
the flea markets and towpaths
of Hackney Wick, the Swedish
countryside and more, all shot
with a rich sense of place.
arnolfini.org.uk
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Haddon Wood,
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dragonflies,
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